By refusing to stock the prescription for Plan B, a medically approved birth control option, Wal-Mart is blatantly discriminating against a woman's legal right to contraception.
Did you know that Wal-Mart, the nation's largest retail pharmacy, has been denying millions of American women the chance to prevent unintended pregnancy? It's true. The store has refused to stock the “morning-after pill" or Plan B, a medically approved birth control option for women. Take Action!
Now, three Massachusetts women have filed an anti- discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart, and NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts has joined them.
Sign the petition to join them now!
Plan B is highly effective in preventing pregnancy if taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex, contraceptive failure, or sexual assault. It was approved by the FDA in 1999 as a safe and effective back-up birth control method, yet Wal-Mart refuses to carry or distribute the prescription in its stores.
Wal-Mart's CEO Lee Scott seems to think he knows more about a woman's health than the gynecologists, doctors, and government agencies who approved Plan B over six years ago.
Make your voice heard now. Tell Lee Scott and Wal-Mart's Board of Directors that it should never be their place to decide what medications women may or may not take. Ask Wal-Mart to stop discriminating against women and to make the health and rights of all their customers a top priority.
Here's to defending a woman's legal right to choose...Are you with me?
Lauren Alvarez
Care2 and ThePetitionSite Team
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